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second Med. Stufe (Tortonian). Asia Minor — Near Tarsus. West Indies — Anguilla, 

 Matanzas, Cuba (Miocene ?). 



Remarks. — The range in time is therefore from the Aquitanian to the Tortonian, but 

 in the former case the record is given with doubt ; and, as Professor Laube gives no 

 figure or description, some hesitation may be felt at accepting it in the uppermost 

 division of the Miocene. But from its great range in space, a correspondingly long life 

 must be granted to this species. It is one of the most shallow- water species found in 

 the Globigerina Limestone, and has not yet been recorded from the Italian or Austrian 

 Schlier. 



Species 2. Schizaster desori, Wright, 1855. 



Synonymy — 



Schizaster desori, T. Wright, 1855, "Foss. Echinod. Malta," Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2), xv. pp. 264, 



266, pi. vi. f. 3 a-c. 

 „ E. Desor, 1858, Syn. fich.foss., p. 391. 

 „ G. Michelotti, 1861, " Etudes Mioc. infer. Ital. Sept.," JVatuurJc. Verh. Holl. maatsch. 



Wetensch. Haarl. (2), xv. p. 22. 

 „ G. Meneghini, 1857, Paleont. He de Sardaigne, pp. 534, 535. 



T. Wright, 1864, " Foss. Echinidse Malta," Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, xx. p. 485. 

 „ G. C. Laube, 1871, "Ech. oesterr.-ung. ob. Tertiarablag." Abh. h. k. geol. Eeichs, 



v. p. 71. 

 „ E. Pavay, 1874, " Foss. Seeigel Ofner Mergels," Magys. Foldt. Intez. Evk., iii. p. 282, 



f. 3, p. 284. 

 „ G. Cotteau, 1877, "Faune tert. Corse," Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyons (4), ix. pp. 305, 306. 

 „ A. Manzoni, 1880, "Ech. foss. Mol. serp.," Dent Alt. Wiss. Wien, xlii. Abt. 2, 



pp. 188, 189, 190, pL iii. f. 29, 30. 

 „ Ippolito Cafici, 1880, Boll. B. Com. geol. Italia, xi. p. 501. 

 „ A. Manzoni, 1880, "Geol. Bologne," Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena (2), xiv. p. 22. 

 „ G. Mazzetti, 1882, "Ech. foss. Montese," Atti Soc. Nat. Modena (2), xv. p. 116, 



pi. iii. f. 4. 

 „ L. Baldacci, 1 886, " Descriz. geol. Sicilia," Mem. descr. Carta geol. Italia, i. p. 94. 



Type. — Coll. Earl of Dtjcie. 



Distribution. — Malta — Globigerina Limestone. Corsica — Sta Manza. Sardinia. 

 Austria — Baden Tegel (Tortonian). France — Martigues (Helvetian). Sicily — Calcare 

 di Siracusa (Tortonian). Italy — Dego 1 ? (Aquitanian). Bologna and ^ Montese, Modena 

 (serpentinosa molassa). 



Species 3. Schizaster SCillse (Desmoul), 1837, 



Synonymy — 



Spatangus scillce, C. Desmoulins, 1837, " 3 re Mem. Ech.," Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, ix. p. 238. 

 Schizaster „ Agassiz and Desor, 1847, Cat. rais. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (3), viii. p. 21. 



„ „ Leymerie and Cotteau, 1856, " Cat. Eeh. foss. Pyrenees," Bull. Soc. geol. France 



(2), xiii. p. 341. 

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